OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670646
DIE,POWER PRESS,FINGER,TWO-HAND CONTROL,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,PRESS
Event description
FINGER CRUSHED IN THE DIE OF A MECHANICAL POWER PRESS
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 10:40 PM ON AUGUST 22, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHNSON FULL R EVOLUTION MECHANICAL POWER PRESS. THE PRESS WAS EQUIPPED WITH TWO-HAND TRIP CONT ROLS. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REACHING INTO THE POINT OF OPERATION AS HE LOADED AND UNLO ADED THE ITEMS TO BE PUNCHED. A SCREW WORKED ITS WAY OUT OF THE THE PNEUMATIC TI MING RELAY FOR THE TWO HAND CONTROL SYSTEM, PERMITTING THE PRESS TO DOUBLE TRIP. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS CRUSHED IN THE DIE, AND HAD TO BE AMPUTATED AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 706
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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